Stichaeidae

Korean prickleback

Dictyosoma tongyeongensis

Stichaeid Fish beneath the Pacific Ocean

• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Anguilliform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Korean prickleback is known around Northwest Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 28 cm.